Section 1712-B - Executive OfficesThe following apply to appropriations for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency:
(1) Money appropriated for county intermediate punishment shall be distributed to counties for county adult probation supervision and drug and alcohol and mental health treatment programs for offenders sentenced to restrictive conditions of probation imposed under 42 Pa.C.S. § 9763(c) or (d) (relating to conditions of probation) and are certified in accordance with 42 Pa.C.S. § 2154.1(b) (relating to adoption of guidelines for restrictive conditions). The portion of money for drug and alcohol and mental health treatment programs shall be based on national statistics that identify the percentage of incarcerated individuals that are in need of treatment for substance issues but in no case shall be less than 80% of the amount appropriated.(2) The following apply: (i) No less than the amount used in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be used to support the Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification System (SAVIN) to provide offender information through county jails.(ii) No less than the amount used in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be used for a residential treatment community facility for at-risk youth located in a county of the fifth class.(iii) From the amount appropriated, $400,000 shall be used for an innovative police data sharing pointer index system that will allow participating law enforcement agencies access to incident report data.(iv) From the amount appropriated, $400,000 shall be used for a diversion program for first-time nonviolent offenders facing prison sentences. The diversion program must include education and employment services, case management and mentoring.(v) [Deleted by 2022 Amendment.](3) No less than $1,500,000 shall be available as a pilot program to offset costs incurred by a city of the first class and a county of the second class A that is also a home rule county in connection with hiring additional assistant district attorneys designated as a Special United States Attorney by a United States Attorney's office through participation in the Project Safe Neighborhoods program and who will exclusively prosecute crimes under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351, 82 Stat. 228).(4) From money appropriated for violence and delinquency prevention programs. The following apply: (i) no less than the amount used in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be used for programs in a city of the second class; and(ii) no less than the amount used in the 2014-2015 fiscal year shall be used for blueprint mentoring programs that address reducing youth violence in cities of the first, second and third class with programs in cities of the second class and third class also receiving a proportional share of $50,000.(5) Funds appropriated for violence intervention and prevention shall be used solely to provide grants and technical assistance to community-based organizations, institutions of higher education, municipalities, district attorneys and other entities in accordance with the provisions of section 1306-B(b) of the Public School Code of 1949 and notwithstanding the provisions of section 1306-B(h)(7) of the Public School Code of 1949 for programs eligible under section 1306-B(j)(22) of the Public School Code of 1949.Amended by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 54, § 26, eff. 7/11/2022.Added by P.L.622021 No. 24, § 18, eff. 7/1/2021.